Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb x2
OR (Can be played in various places in the song)
e|--------------------------------------------5------------------------------|
BB|----6--8--6------6--8--6-----6--8--6-----6-----6---------------------------|
G+G|--5-----------5------------5-----------5-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
FF C majorC G+G
I was stronger that night
Bb majorBb FF
I wanted to go alone
C majorC
The rain was coming down
G+G Bb majorBb
And nobody could leave, we stayed around
FF C majorC G+G
I said things I knew you'd like
Bb majorBb FF
Alaska and the bears
C majorC
You knew you couldn't fight
G+G Bb majorBb
Swimming underneath the Northern Lights
Pre Chorus:
FF C majorC
You didn't know it
G+G Bb majorBb FF C majorC
But I had you in the palm of my hand
G+G Bb majorBb
Palm of my hand
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
I confess I needed you there
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
I've gone through every memory we shared tonight
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb FF
And I don't have the guts to carry on without you
C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
When the storm breaks through, I'll be standing there
FF
Waiting for you
C majorC G+G
Waiting for you
Bb majorBb
Waiting for you
Verse 2:
FF C majorC G+G
I can dream away your life
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Hitch hike to the southern tip of Africa
G+G Bb majorBb
And put up all the fences that you like
FF C majorC G+G
But I can't sing you to sleep there
Bb majorBb FF
You're on your own there
C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
You're on your own
Pre Chorus:
FF C majorC
I didn't know it
G+G Bb majorBb FF C majorC
I thought I had you in the palm of my hand
G+G Bb majorBb
Palm of my hand
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
I confess I needed you there
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
I've gone through every memory we shared tonight
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb FF
And I don't have the guts to carry on without you
C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
When the storm breaks through, I'll be standing there
FF
Waiting for you
Bridge:
D MajorD
Take me down, love me in the avenue
Bb majorBb
It'll never be what you want it to
G+G
Was it like this with her?
Bb majorBb
Is it everything you dreamed of?
Pre-Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb FF C majorC
I, I, I thought I had you in the palm of my hand
G+G Bb majorBb
Palm of my hand
Chorus:
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
I confess I needed you there
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
I've gone through every memory we shared tonight
FF C majorC G+G Bb majorBb FF
And I don't have the guts to carry on without you
C majorC G+G Bb majorBb
When the storm breaks through, I'll be standing there
FF
Waiting for you
C majorC G+G
Waiting for you
Bb majorBb
Waiting for you
Outro:
FF C majorC
Are you ready? Tell me when you want to go
FF Bb majorBb
Are you ready? Tell me when you want to go